The equestrian statue of King Louis XII whose horse going amble, above the entrance of the chateau of Blois, built in the Middle Ages until the 17th century, whose architectures are representative of the era of COUNTS of BLOIS, kings LOUIS XII, 1462-1515, born in Blois in 1462, and FRANCOIS Ist, 1494-1547, and also GASTON d'ORLEANS, 1608-1660.

Under the statue we see a carved porcupine symbol of King Louis XII, whose motto was "Qui s'y frotte s'y pique".

The statue is on the chateau of Blois frontage, made on right by the hall of the States General the 12th century, remains of an ancient medieval castle built by the Counts of Blois the 10th century, and on left wing late Gothic built from 1498 to 1503 by Louis XII, whose equestrian statue over the entrance.

The chateau of Blois was for over a century the favorite residence of the kings of France.

_ The LOIRE river, the “last wild river” and longest of France, takes its source at 1048 meters of altitude in the Massif-Central on mount "Mont Gerbier de Jonc", in the Sainte-Eulalie commune in Ardèche departement, and after a course of 1 012.7 kilometers through a catchment area of 117,000 km², 1/5 of the French territory, is thrown by a broad estuary in the Atlantic Ocean in the Loire-Atlantique departement, in Saint-Nazaire, where the flow can go down to 100 m³/s and can very largely exceed 5000 m³/s. the Loire Valley from Sully-sur-Loire in Loiret departement to Saint-Florent-le-Vieil in Maine-et-Loire, is registered since the year 2000 with the World heritage of UNESCO, for its biological diversity and its historical and cultural richness. The Loire river description.

Blois is a French commune, located in the departement of Loir-et-Cher in the Centre region, populated by 50 704 Blois in 2007, spread across 37.5 km², or 1353.6 inhabitants per km².

Hi Joel!A good overview of architectural elegance and finesse. was a good idea to admire the artistic details of this facade. Excellent WSs and note! Work with charm! Excellent symmetry and clarity.
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Bonjour Joel!
If I see it, is that your picture is one of yesterday's installment. Részletfotó very good, especially in the light and shadow was. Thus, the full depth fél.dombormű seems. Natural colors, which is quite difficult in the case of sand-stone biztrosítható, Bourbon Blue is a totally hit. Nice composition, the picture book.
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